Over the weekend, we slid past the fourth anniversary of the death of Caylee Marie Anthony. It remains difficult for me to think about her and incomprehensible to me that she did not receive the justice she so richly deserved. When my book, Mommy’s Little Girl,...

I am really befuddled by the court’s decision to allow Casey Anthony to remain silent and cling to her fifth amendment rights. On the one hand, she objected to answer questions in a deposition saying she would incriminate herself if she did so in the civil...

The twelve page reported submitted by the Florida Department of Children and Families on Thursday, August 11, demonstrated the injustice of the verdict rendered in the state’s case against Casey Anthony. It does not advocate for Casey Anthony’s complicity...

The not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony case was one possibility that never crossed my mind. Although I never thought it was possible that she would get the death penalty, I did think she could be convicted of premeditated murder. I also could conceive of a...

In an earlier post, we examined the first ten items in Dr. Robert Hare’s twenty-point psychopathy checklist. All ten could be connected to the personality and behavior of Casey Anthony. Now here are the second group of points for consideration. Promiscuous...

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Diane Fanning is the author of 14 true crime books, 10 mystery novels and has been featured in 3 anthology collections. She has appeared on numerous television shows, including 48 hours, 20/20 and The Today Show. She lives in Bedford, Virginia with her husband and their dog, a sheltie named Emmitt Otter.